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Cedar Lake panel defers Majeski site-plan waiver after safety and historic-waiver questions
Summary
The commission deferred a site-plan waiver request for Penn & Sons (Majeski) at 13733 Wicker Avenue to the next work session after lengthy debate about prior waivers, parking counts (proposed up to 60 spaces), and truck-unloading safety on SR‑41.
The Cedar Lake Plan Commission deferred action on a request from Penn & Sons (owner listed as Majeski) to expand business use into a second building at 13733 Wicker Avenue, directing staff to compile prior waiver documentation and return the item to the next work session.
The petitioner’s attorney and owner representatives described the proposed expansion and said no new pavement or new buildings were planned, but commissioners and residents raised multiple concerns that the proposal relies on waivers granted during an earlier All Tire expansion. Commissioners repeatedly requested that the original waiver list be gathered and included in any motion. "All those waivers that were given before, I don't want anybody to assume or imply that those aren't still intact," one commissioner said during debate.
Public safety was a central theme: commissioners and residents described semi-trailer unloading on SR‑41 that blocks sight lines, and argued the town needs enforceable contingencies to prevent dangerous unloading or overnight parking. One commissioner asked that police or town staff coordinate monitoring. Staff advised the commission that previously granted waivers may be maintained but must be documented to be enforced.
Commissioners also discussed parking geometry: the applicant proposed a site layout that could accommodate as many as 60 vehicles for sale, including smaller-than-standard 9-by-18 spaces that would require explicit waivers. Commissioners asked for an engineered, stamped site plan and an explicit listing of prior waivers and current contingencies before final action.
After extended discussion the commission voted to defer the item to the planning commission work session so staff can assemble the original All Tire waiver paperwork and the applicant can submit engineered drawings and a written list of contingencies and size/dimension waivers.
The deferral was unanimous; staff will present the collected materials at the next work session and the commission indicated it expects enforceable, written contingencies before voting.
